If I could just not be trapped within myself for a few months.
What a holiday that would be!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Having established previously that I am a fool, I shall now take it that all my mistakes henceforth will be forgiven and forgotten in light of my pleading stupid.
Last Sunday I had gone to play and had managed to misread the Shuttle time table, as a result of which had to walk all the way back from the Intramural Fields to my home. At night. Alone.
Which was alright except that I also managed to scare another girl walking ahead of me!
Don't ask me why. Apparently my very presence scares people off!
So I was walking the walk, when I noticed this blind guy coming down the street on the pavement. I moved aside softly and though he was pretty far, he still managed to hear me.
Then he looked up and said "Hi!". I recovered from my astonishment and quickly returned his greeting, which in turn led him to place my position exactly.
So now this blind man is looking straight at me and says "Do you know if there is a Church around? I know there is a Church on 24th, I am not able to find it"
Well to begin with I did not know where a Church was, but since I am claiming stupidity we shall ignore that. Besides I was taken aback. It struck me that the street we were walking on was in fact 24th. Besides it was late night and deserted. God knows how he figured out the street number! God knows how he even crossed the streets all by himself with no traffic sound signals! And he wanted to go to a Church now, all by himself!
Gathering from my incoherent muttering he quickly grasped that I was pretty useless and cheerfully walked on saying " Don't worry ! I'll ask someone else. Good night! "
I didn't need to belabour the point so, except that I need a nice big break from work. :P
Anyway my point was that I was amazed at the independence and confidence of this blind guy! In fact I am frequently impressed by the resilience and courage shown by many disabled people living their life cheerfully and proudly.
Compare them with me. Us. We with our little worries and small disadvantages, create such a brouhaha for every little inconvenience we face! There are people in this world with far graver issues and struggles and they carry on with such amazing courage, perseverance and good cheer.
Maybe we all should step back and remind ourselves of our incredible good fortune now and then :)
Last Sunday I had gone to play and had managed to misread the Shuttle time table, as a result of which had to walk all the way back from the Intramural Fields to my home. At night. Alone.
Which was alright except that I also managed to scare another girl walking ahead of me!
Don't ask me why. Apparently my very presence scares people off!
So I was walking the walk, when I noticed this blind guy coming down the street on the pavement. I moved aside softly and though he was pretty far, he still managed to hear me.
Then he looked up and said "Hi!". I recovered from my astonishment and quickly returned his greeting, which in turn led him to place my position exactly.
So now this blind man is looking straight at me and says "Do you know if there is a Church around? I know there is a Church on 24th, I am not able to find it"
Well to begin with I did not know where a Church was, but since I am claiming stupidity we shall ignore that. Besides I was taken aback. It struck me that the street we were walking on was in fact 24th. Besides it was late night and deserted. God knows how he figured out the street number! God knows how he even crossed the streets all by himself with no traffic sound signals! And he wanted to go to a Church now, all by himself!
Gathering from my incoherent muttering he quickly grasped that I was pretty useless and cheerfully walked on saying " Don't worry ! I'll ask someone else. Good night! "
I didn't need to belabour the point so, except that I need a nice big break from work. :P
Anyway my point was that I was amazed at the independence and confidence of this blind guy! In fact I am frequently impressed by the resilience and courage shown by many disabled people living their life cheerfully and proudly.
Compare them with me. Us. We with our little worries and small disadvantages, create such a brouhaha for every little inconvenience we face! There are people in this world with far graver issues and struggles and they carry on with such amazing courage, perseverance and good cheer.
Maybe we all should step back and remind ourselves of our incredible good fortune now and then :)
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Torn.
"There's only us. There's only this.
Forget regret. Or life is yours to miss.
No other road. No other way.
No day but today!"
--Rent
Forget regret. Or life is yours to miss.
No other road. No other way.
No day but today!"
--Rent
It dawned on me today that I am a fool. I mean I always knew it, but the extent of my folly has struck me only now.
To begin with I happily forgot that I had a lab today. The sudden realisation of which ruined my entire planned schedule. When I got off the shuttle, for a flash I completely forgot where I was going. Recovering slowly, I eventually did reach the Fab lab, only to find I had not put on my shoes!
But I am a fool of no common order. Essentially I am smitten, possessed these days. By nothing other than This powerful Musical I saw more than a year back.
Yes, the Ghost had come to visit my home and now it refuses to leave.
I just saw a Broadway show a week back and while that did not impress me much, it stirred the memories of it's distant cousin.
Watching Rent was the single most magnificient experience I have had in my life( not an overtly boring life at that!). It is amazing how much power a few words sung out by soaring voices, swayed to by nimble feet, can do to a person.
I remember I was a part of Theater Group at IITR and I left the place after 2 months. On the eve of my departure I sang a song for the whole group. I remember 20 odd people sitting there in a sombre mood quietly listening to me. I finished my song and looked up only to find people crying!
It was inexplicable. It was not me leaving. Why would 4th and 5th yearites cry for a freshie whom they had known but a few weeks? It was definitley not my singing. I never could, nor can now sing THAT well. Not in my bathroom not even in my dreams! There was something about that song and the power that it had over that audience!
Something similar holds sway over me now.
What a powerful play it must have been that routine life seems so drab in comparision. Isn't that the dream of artisits? To create a world that does not exist ? That entices people by its charms and holds them in its grip.
I wish I could sing and dance and act like that. I wish life WAS in fact a long melodious song.
But then again I am a fool with an obsession! Not just foolish enough to subsitute reality with a make believe world, but foolish enough to immerse my world in the study of Theater and Music, as I know I soon will :)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Without you - Rent
MIMI
Without You
The Ground Thaws
The Rain Falls
The Grass Grows
Without You
The Seeds Root
The Flowers Bloom
The Children Play
The Stars Gleam
The poets dream
The Eagles Fly
Without You
The Earth Turns
The Sun Burns
But I Die
Without You
Without You
The Breeze Warms
The Girl Smiles
The Cloud Moves
Without You
The Tides Change
The Boys Run
The Oceans Crash
The Crowds Roar
The Days Soar
The Babies Cry
Without You
The Moon Glows
The River Flows
But I Die
Without You
ROGER
The World Revives
MIMI
Colors Renew
BOTH
But I Know Blue
Only Blue
Lonely Blue
MIMI
Within Me, Blue
BOTH
Without You
MIMI
Without You
The Hand Gropes
The Ear Hears
The Pulse Beats
ROGER
Without You
The Eyes Gaze
The Legs Walk
The Lungs Breathe
ROGER
The Mind Churns (MIMI: The Mind Churns)
The Heart Yearns (MIMI: The Heart Yearns)
BOTH:
The Tears Dry
Without You
Life Goes On
But I'm Gone
Cause I Die
ROGER
Without You
MIMI
Without You
Without You
The Ground Thaws
The Rain Falls
The Grass Grows
Without You
The Seeds Root
The Flowers Bloom
The Children Play
The Stars Gleam
The poets dream
The Eagles Fly
Without You
The Earth Turns
The Sun Burns
But I Die
Without You
Without You
The Breeze Warms
The Girl Smiles
The Cloud Moves
Without You
The Tides Change
The Boys Run
The Oceans Crash
The Crowds Roar
The Days Soar
The Babies Cry
Without You
The Moon Glows
The River Flows
But I Die
Without You
ROGER
The World Revives
MIMI
Colors Renew
BOTH
But I Know Blue
Only Blue
Lonely Blue
MIMI
Within Me, Blue
BOTH
Without You
MIMI
Without You
The Hand Gropes
The Ear Hears
The Pulse Beats
ROGER
Without You
The Eyes Gaze
The Legs Walk
The Lungs Breathe
ROGER
The Mind Churns (MIMI: The Mind Churns)
The Heart Yearns (MIMI: The Heart Yearns)
BOTH:
The Tears Dry
Without You
Life Goes On
But I'm Gone
Cause I Die
ROGER
Without You
MIMI
Without You
Monday, February 9, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
बगिया बगिया बालक भागे
तितली फिर भी हाथ न लागे
इस पगले को कौन बताये?
ढूँढ रहा है जो तू जग में
कोई जो पाए तो, मन में ही पाए
सपनो से भरे नैना...
तो नींद है न चैना
ऐसी डगर कोई अगर जो अपनाए
हर राह के वो अंत पे
रस्ता ही पाए
धुप का रस्ता जो पैर जलाये
मोड़ तो आए छाओं न आए
राही जो चलता है चलता ही जाए
कोई नहीं है जो कहीं उसे समझाए
सपनों से भरे नैना
तो नींद है न चैना
नैना रे नैना रे
नैना रे
नैना रे
घ घ प ध ...
दूर ही से, सागर जिसे, हर कोई माने
पानी है वो, या रेत है, यह कौन जाने
जैसे कि दिन से रैन अलग है
सुख़ है अलग और चैन अलग है
पर जो यह देखे वो नैन अलग है
चैन तो है अपना सुख़ हैं पराये
सपनों से भरे नैना
तो नींद है न चैना
तितली फिर भी हाथ न लागे
इस पगले को कौन बताये?
ढूँढ रहा है जो तू जग में
कोई जो पाए तो, मन में ही पाए
सपनो से भरे नैना...
तो नींद है न चैना
ऐसी डगर कोई अगर जो अपनाए
हर राह के वो अंत पे
रस्ता ही पाए
धुप का रस्ता जो पैर जलाये
मोड़ तो आए छाओं न आए
राही जो चलता है चलता ही जाए
कोई नहीं है जो कहीं उसे समझाए
सपनों से भरे नैना
तो नींद है न चैना
नैना रे नैना रे
नैना रे
नैना रे
घ घ प ध ...
दूर ही से, सागर जिसे, हर कोई माने
पानी है वो, या रेत है, यह कौन जाने
जैसे कि दिन से रैन अलग है
सुख़ है अलग और चैन अलग है
पर जो यह देखे वो नैन अलग है
चैन तो है अपना सुख़ हैं पराये
सपनों से भरे नैना
तो नींद है न चैना
Sunday, February 1, 2009
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